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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Silevo, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jianming Fu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jiunn Benjamin Heng, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher J. Beitel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zheng Xu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
SolarCity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/068 (2012.01); H01L 31/0747 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022433 (2013.01); H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); H01L 31/0684 (2013.01); H01L 31/0747 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a photovoltaic structure and a front-side metal grid situated above the photovoltaic structure. The front-side metal grid also includes one or more electroplated metal layers. The front-side metal grid includes one or more finger lines, and each end of a respective finger line is coupled to a corresponding end of an adjacent finger line via an additional metal line, thus ensuring that the respective finger line has no open end.